Hawzah News Agency- She said her colleagues in Congress are "scared" by protesters at their district offices and town hall attendees questioning U.S. arms sales to Israel. She said activists are "winning" outside of Washington, D.C., and encouraged them to continue mobilizing for Palestinian rights, boycotting companies that support Israel's war and protesting the U.S. support of Israel.
"The tide is turning in a way that it can never be turned back'', she said. "Palestine will be free''.
The conference was organized by pro-Palestinian groups. Other speakers included doctors who have worked recently in Gaza, a local civil rights attorney, journalists, artists and activists, including Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained for 104 days for his role in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University.
Khalil spoke Saturday. He said he continues to appear publicly and speak on behalf of Gaza despite the risk it places on his freedom because "silence is not an option''.
"I will not be silent when people are being starved and massacred''.
Tlaib is the first Palestinian American elected to Congress, which she noted is an achievement of the Detroit voters who sent her to D.C. She credited Detroit and her Palestinian heritage with teaching her to rely on people, not institutions, and to continue speaking up for Palestinian people.
Source: Dearborn
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